Overview

• AFP journalists documented two triumphal-arch models on the Resolute Desk during an Oval Office meeting on Thursday.
• A map-based mock-up placed the proposed structure on a traffic circle near Arlington National Cemetery across the Potomac from the Lincoln Memorial.
• A larger model displayed a design featuring a winged golden angel holding a torch flanked by two white eagles.
• A September post on the Donald Trump for President Facebook page shared a virtually identical design linked to the United States’ 250th anniversary in 2026.
• The White House did not respond to requests for comment, and the sighting follows an August order promoting classical architecture and a separate ballroom model seen in a recent photo.